Remington bashing

[urbanrifleman]

The Remington company, the old "Big Green", sadly, no longer exists. The new company is simply using the name. It's a whole other company now.

Like lots of the great American companies. Just shells of the former industrial giants, gutted by money men that care nothing of legacy.

Heck man, Ford stopped making cars. Henry Ford is rolling over in his grave.

 

[c3d4b2]

Last I heard, Vista bought em' out from the bankruptcy. i heard again
that Vista spun them off. I heard again that a Czech billionaire had his
fingers in the pie. I heard also that some firm named Round Hill has the
steering wheel.....Sounds like a shell game with a hot potato......

It was a complicated sell. Here is a link that helps sort through the history.

Remington: Who Owns the Brand & What Happened to its Intellectual Property?

We take a look at the history of Remington, their bankruptcy, and subsequent selloff to see who currently owns what pieces.

www.pewpewtactical.com

 

[Turkeytider]

The Remington company, the old "Big Green", sadly, no longer exists. The new company is simply using the name. It's a whole other company now.

Like lots of the great American companies. Just shells of the former industrial giants, gutted by money men that care nothing of legacy.

Heck man, Ford stopped making cars. Henry Ford is rolling over in his grave.

Guess that’s what happens when a firearms company is no no longer run by “ gun men “.

 

[hdskip]

In all my years in industry I've never seen a buy out, take over or merger that ended well for the firm being bought out.

 

[CJ6]

I've been a Remington fan all my life (well since 68). The last 2 (RARs) had issues. The 6.5 Creed wouldn't shoot worth a plug nickel. Action was great but the barrel sucked. Easy but pricey fix rebarelled.
2nd was a 7mm mag. No primary extraction had the bolt fixed, but it shot great right off the bat.
.Still a big fan though.

 

[6fatrat]

I compete with 700's, i hunt with 700's. 2 hours ago i shot a nice whitetail with one of my 700's.
Can't ask for more.

 

[MikeRu]

I have 2 REM 700 30-06 from 2014-15 period, they shoot great for hunting rifles, typically ~1/2 MOA at 200 yds for 3 shots with a 9X scope. One likes 150 grain Accubond, the other likes 180 grain Barnes TTSX, both at 2750 fps.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I see them advertised in my Black Friday searches this wk, believe they have a special Timney in them now, so that eliminates the trigger issue, haven't been into a store that had any to look at them. They want much the same money in the price points they chose to compete in for now. I've sold both the ones I had, they served me well for many years, never had any issues, both shot well. Would I run out and buy one? Probably not, I have a couple of Tikka's now, to me they seem to be a better value in the price point zones they compete in, Tikka trigger doesn't need replacing, just a spring and a quick adjustment. Remington will take a long while to climb out of the they got dug into, even though it's no fault of the current operators. They probably need to do a redesign of the line and model names to get out of it, hard to do when the 700 series set a standard like it did. They will most likely never again become what they were in terms of industry dominance.

I think that special Timney is a non adjustable lawyered 3 or 4 lb trigger.